Post mortem on TV star 'inconclusive'

A post-mortem examination on the body of television presenter Natasha Collins has been "inconclusive".

The Metropolitan Police said that further toxicology tests will now take place.

Miss Collins was found in the bath of the home she shared with children's TV show host Mark Speight in upmarket St John's Wood, northwest London, on Thursday.

Speight was arrested on suspicion of murder and supplying class A drugs after Miss Collins' body was discovered and has been bailed by police until early February.

Some reports have alleged Miss Collins may have taken cocaine prior to her death, but Speight's mother, Jacqueline, said she may have died after taking drugs prescribed for a medical condition.

Miss Collins was hit by a car around seven years ago and reports have said she had suffered regular fits ever since.

Scotland Yard has said a suspected drug overdose is one line of inquiry but the death is currently being treated as "unexplained".

Speight has insisted he had nothing to do with his fiancée's death. It could be several weeks before it is determined how she died.

A spokeswoman for the presenter of the long-running BBC children's TV show SMart said: "Mark was the only other person present in the flat and has therefore been questioned by police as a matter of course.

"He is assisting police with their inquiries and had nothing to do with Natasha's death."

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